My last chapter explained why we cancelled our spa day in exchange for an extra day at the parks. MGM to be exact and our quest for the Jedi robe for our youngest son. I spent the afternoon at the pool, mapping out a plan for MGM and recovering from our morning at Epcot. And I napped. Twice. It wore me out so much I actually slept.
I woke up to drips of water on my face. I opened my eyes to see Dh standing over me in a wet bathing suit and towel. He had snuck out and gone into the hot tub while I slept. So much for the theory that men sleep afterwards.
He had left me a note in case I woke up. Which I hadnt. It was almost 7pm. We had to giddy up if we wanted to do any rides before our ADR at Epcot.
In no time I had gussied myself up and Dh had dried himself off and we were on our way to the buses. Once again luck was on our side and a bus was right there.
We used our soarin fastpasses and only had about a 10-minute wait for the ride. I figured everyone was in world showcase.
Then we hightailed it to one of our favorite restaurants in Epcot.
Le cellier.
Here is a picture of me outside of the restaurant. It's pretty dark so I don't know if you can even see the le cellier sign or not.
Our reservation/ADR whatever they call it now was for 8:45. We waited and waited to be seated. It got lonely out there. They called everyone but us. In fact we were the last ones waiting out there and Im sure we were the last ones served that night.
We had a nice waiter from the Sue. Otherwise known as Sault St. Marie, Ontario. His name was Patrick. He said he would take care of us and he did a lovely job. He even bought me a complementary champagne glass with floating strawberries for my birthday. However, I didnt take a picture of it. Ill get to that in a moment.
We werent the last ones to have our meals brought out to us as we ordered the moment he greeted us. Once again we had looked at the pre-printed menus from allears plus had waited by the posted menu outside for so long that we totally knew what we were having.
This was our last full day and in all the other restaurants I was fine about taking food pictures. But for some reason, Im guessing it was the intimate nature of the restaurant I suddenly felt silly about pulling out my camera and taking pictures. Even though I had no problem earlier in the day at lunch and breakfast.
There was another couple from Canada sitting beside us. Eventually I found out they were from B.C. I noticed them because he was writing notes in a book and recording their meal. They had a real camera too. Not a point and shoot like I have. Not that Im camera savvy but he a lens on his camera a porn star would be jealous of.
Im guessing I felt self conscious about taking my pictures because I suddenly felt that maybe Im just a small fry Disney freak on the disboards. I only had a little notebook, a little camera and a little following on my trip reports. I started doubting my trip writing abilities.
Then I finished the champagne. Nothing like a little alcohol to give you a little boost.
But I didnt finish the champagne until after the appetizers. So I know I had the cheese soup but I couldnt tell you what Dh had. I only had eyes for my soup.
Hows the soup?
Wonderful.
Can I have a taste?
Of my soup?
Yeah
No. Get your own.
Come on
A spoon attempts its way across the table. It gets pushed back.
Ive waited a long time for this. If you wanted some you should have ordered it yourself. Im NOT sharing.
I wasnt fooling with the soup.
Around now the official note taking couple notices my lime green Mickey head on my lime green park bag. I know this because I see him point it out to his wife.
The champagne has kicked in and I jump on in.
Are you on the disboards?"
Yes, I dont post very often
I couldnt help but notice that youre recording everything in your notebook. Are you writing a trip report?
No. We just like to keep notes to compare for our own purposes.
I was still feeling a bit shy and they seemed as if they werent overly interested in carrying on a conversation so I didnt talk to them much more. You know how some people just love to talk your ear off on vacation? I didnt want to be one of them.
They were the only other people who even noticed my lime green Mickey head all trip so I was sorry they werent more interested in carrying on a conversation.
I did find out his screen name and he did tell me they their favorite resort is Coronado Springs. Which is funny now that I think of it because thats where Ive chosen to stay next week for our trip. Their eyes lit up when they spoke of their love for that resort. I think thats one of the reasons I wanted to check it out.
I also shared my screen name and trip report title. He said he thought he had heard of it but I think he was just being nice.
After that I took pictures of our food. So here is our creamed spinach with cheese on top. So yummy.
My steak. Im a well-done kind of gal. I loved the potatoes. I know not everyone does but I did.
Dh got the same steak although he prefers his meat medium or medium rare. At one time I had a funny about preferring his meat "diamond style" but I think I'm took tired to work out the wording on it. Anyway, I don't know where the picture of his meal went. It looked just like mine only more pink.
We didnt get desert. We were just too full after the bread (love that pretzel bread. Never had that at home in Canada before), soup and entrée. I couldnt even think about taking desert home in a doggie bag. I was just too full.
We waddled into mousegears. Dh was in a silly mood. He actually tried on some hats and made funny faces. I wish I had thought to pull out the camera for it.
What a change of attitude from earlier today when we were in there.
I bought a glow in the dark string toy and a kooky klicker pen shaped like Nemo for Eeoyre (DS10). So now all I had to do was get the Jedi robe for our other son.
Just in case you dont know what a kooky klicker is it is a pen. They have faces on them and you can clip them on to things. They are all the rage at my kids school. Well, it is my school too. Some kids have five or six clipped on to their backpacks. I dont really understand it as were talking elementary school here so the kids cant even write with pen yet. They are still using pencils. Anyhow I gave into the fad and bought one. Dh was not happy with the price. He lost his good humour for a few minutes.
We totally missed Illuminations while we were eating dinner. The park was closing and the buses were pretty empty.
Of course I had to wait for Dh to take a bio-break before heading on the buses. I couldnt get off that easy.
On the bus we met another couple who were that couple that talks your ear off. I heard all about their latest surgeries, their hassles with their daughter-in-law and even their problems with their town mayor. They were celebrating their 26th anniversary and this was their first trip as DVC owners. I was hoping Dh would ask some DVC related questions and show some interest in it. Sadly no. He was interested in their town politics though. Figures.
When we got back to the room I prepared a game plan to battle Mr. Octopus. I figured this time I would play offense instead of defense. Make a sneak attack when he wasnt expecting it.
I made some commotion about having to pack tonight as we were leaving tomorrow. I even went through the motions. I headed into the bathroom in the guise of packing up the toiletries but really I was putting on my game face.
I quietly came out of the bathroom ready to face my opponent when what did I see? click here to find out.
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